Mechanical doll.



E. J. WHH EL MECHANICAL DQLL.

APPLICATHHI mm mm'a, 191s Paiented Nov. 19, 1918.

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MECHANICAL DOLL.

Application filed May 8, 1918.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN J. WHITE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Medford, in the county of Jackson and State of Oregon, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Dolls, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to mechanical dolls and has as its primary objectto provide a doll so constructed that one jointed limb member thereof,as for example, the right arm member, may be mechanically actuated whena portion of the body of the doll is pressed upon. In the illustratedembodiment of the invention, the doll is made to represent a soldier andthe movement of the right arm member is designed to very closelyresemble the movement of the arm in the act of saluting.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide actuating mechanismfor the arm member of such nature as to render the movement of the armmember as nearly lifelike as possible so that the doll will not only beinteresting and amusing as a toy but will also be instructive as byworking it one-may readily observe the correct movements of the arm insaluting.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the doll and theactuating mechanism for thearm member that the parts will not be likelyto get out of order and, furthermore, the arm member may be freely movedwithout resulting in injury to the parts of the mechanism provided formechanically actuating or moving it.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the actuatingmechanism that its presence will not be noticeable when the dollis'dressed and the mechanism will at the same time be so housed as to beeffectually prevented from injury even though the doll be more Or lesscarelessly handled.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and yet highlyeffective means for causing suitable relative movement of the forearmwith relation to the upper arm when the actuating mechanism is operatedso that not only is the upper arm swung forwardly and upwardly therequired distance and at a relatively slow rate of speed, but also theforearm 1s swung forwardly and upwardly at the proper proportionatelygreater rate of speed and with Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented Nov. 19, 1918.

Serial No. 233,242.

a quick upper and return movement as in the actual movement of the rightarm in saluting.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical front to rear sectional view through the body ofthe doll, the right arm member being raised in the position to saluteand the parts of the actuating mechanism being shown in their properpositions to cause movement of the arm to its position;

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the doll, theright arm being lowered and the parts of the actuating mechanism beingcorrespondingly relatively positioned;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a portion of the mechanism;

Fig. 4; is a view in front elevation of the body portion of the doll,the View illustrating also in elevation, the arm members;

Fig. 5 is an inner side elevation of the right arm member detached fromthe body;

Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially on the line 66of Fig. 4.

In the drawings the body or trunk of the doll is indicated in general bythe numeral 1 and the same may be formed in sections as shown in theseveral figures of the drawings or it may be of substantially integralconstruction. In any event the body is hollow as indicated by thenumeral 2 so as to house a portion of the mechanism provided forimparting motion to the right arm member of the doll. The left armmember is indi cated by the numeral 3 and may be connected with the body1 in any conventional manner. The right arm member is indicated ingeneral bv the numeral 4 and the same comprises a section 5 representingthe upper arm and a section 6 representing the forearm. The rightshoulder portion of the body 1 is formed with a transverse opening 7 inwhich is mounted for oscillatory motion, a wire or small rod indicatedby the numeral 8. The outer end of this wire or rod is driven throughthe upper end of the upper arm section 5 and the extremity of the rod isbent downwardly at an angle as indicated by the numeral 9 and embeddedin the outer surface of the said upper arm section 5. At this point itwill be understood that upon oscillatory motion being imparted tothe rod8, the upper arm section 5 of the arm member 4 will 'be swung in anupward or down- Ward direction. In order to impart such motion to thesaid rod 8, the inner end of the rod is provided with a downwardly andgenerally forwardly extending crank 10 to the end of which is pivbtedone end of a rod 11,

the lower end ofthis, rod being pivoted as at 12 to the rear end of anarm 13, pivoted for rocking movement as at 14 within the hollow body ofthe doll as shown clearly in both Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. Thefront of the body 1 of the doll is formed with a recess indicated by thenumeral 15 and mountangles thereto and through an opening 18 in.

the front of the body of the doll which open ing communicates with therecess 15. The rear end of the arm portion 17 is pivotally connected asat 19 with the other end of the.

arm 13 heretofore referred to. The opposite end of the arm portion 16 ispivotally engaged by a hook-shaped finger 20 extending from theperiphery of a washer 21 which is disposed against the outer facet of aleaf spring 22, the washer and leaf spring being both secured to thefront of the body of the doll at one side of the recess 15, by means ofa screw or other suitable fastening element 23 as clearly shown in Fig.6 of the drawings. The leaf spring 22 is curved in a general forwarddirection to bear against the.

inner side or face of the arm 16 so as to normally hold this arm in anoutwardlyswung position. It'will now be evident and par-. ticularly byreference to Figs. 1, 3 and 6,

of the drawings, that when pressure is exerted by the finger or thumbagainst the arm 16 of the actuating member, the said member will beswung upon its pivot 20 against the tension of the spring 22, in arearward direction, thus rocking the arm 13 so as to swing its rear endupwardly as shown in full lines in Fig. 1. The upward movement of thesaid end of the arm 18, will, of course, cause corresponding movement ofthe rod 11 and as the crank arm 10 is inclined downwardly and forwardlyfrom the inner end of the rod 8, the said rod 8 will, be rocked in adirection to cause forward and upward swinging movement of the upper armsection 5 of the arm member 4. Of course when the actuating member isrelieved ofpressure, the spring 22 will immediately swing the same in anoutward direction, returning it to its normal position which is theposition shown in full lines in Fig. 6 and dotted lines in Fig. 1 of'thedrawings. In this movement of the actuating member, the arm 13 will berocked so as to pull downwardly upon the rod 11 and swing the said upperarm section 5 downwardly and rearwardly to a normal hanging position.

In order that the upward and forward swinging movement of the upper armsection 5 may result in a complementary move- 2 and 4 of the drawingsand isled down wardly through a suitably shaped recess 26" provided forits housing in the inner side of the upper arm section 5 of the armmember 4, as clearly shown in Fig. 5. of the drawings. The forearmsection 6 is provided at its upper end with a pivot ear- 27 which isfitted within a recess formed at the lowerend of the upper arm portion5. The formation of this recess results in spaced portions at the saidlower end of the upper arm section, and a pivot pin 28 is passed throughthese spaced portions .and through the said ear 27. This pin, of course,connects the forearm section for swinging movement with relation to theupper arm section. A shallow groove or channel 29 is formed in theforwardly presented edge of the ear 27 to receiveand guide the lowerportion of the wire 24. An anchoring member of any suitable typeindicated by the numeral30 is secured through the upper end of theforearm section 6 and has one end formed with an eye 31 to which eye is,pivotally connected. the lower end of the; said wire 24. v

From the foregoingdescription of the invention and inspection of thedrawings itwill be evident that the distance between the pivot-for theupper arm section and the pivot 28 is considerably shorter than thedistance between the stud 25 and the-pivot eye 31. As a consequence whenthe upper arm section 5 is swung forwardly and upwardly in the mannerheretofore described, the fore-vv arm section will be carriedwith itbutthere will be a pull exerted uponthe wire 24 caus-. ing the saidforearm section 6 to. swing sharply upwardly as in the movement of thehuman arm in the act of saluting.

Having thus described the invention,

a limb member carried thereby for swinging movement, the body memberbeing formed in a side with a recess, a leaf spring disposed against thesaid side of the member, a pivot element disposed against the leafspring, means securing the pivot element and leaf spring in place, anactuating member connected with the pivot element and engaged by thefree end of the said spring, and operative connection between theactuating member and the limb member.

8. In a mechanical doll, a body member of substantially hollowconstruction, a limb member connected therewith for swinging movement, acrank element associated with the limb member and lying within the bodymember, a rocking arm located within the body member, connecting meansbetween the arm and the said crank element, an actuating member pivotedat a side of the body memberand having an arm portion extending into thesaid body member and operatively connected with the said rocking arm,and means yieldably holding the actuating member in an outwardly swungposition.

4. In a mechanical doll, a body member, a limb member carried therebyfor swinging movement, the body member having a recess formed in oneside thereof, an actuating element located within the recess, meansyieldably holding the actuating member moved outwardly, and operativeconnection between the actuating member and the said limb member toswing the limb member when the actuating member is moved inwardly.

5. In a mechanical doll, a body member, a limb member including an upperarm section connected for swinging movement with the body member, and alower arm section pivotally connected with the upper arm section, meansfor swinging the upper arm section, the said upper arm-section beingprovided in its side which is presented toward the body member with arecess terminating at one end adjacent the pivotal connection betweenthe upper and lower arm sections, and a connecting member pivotallyconnected at its upper end to the adjacent side of the body member andextended downwardly Within the recess and at its lower end pivotallyconnected to the said lower arm section.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

EDWIN J. WHITE. [1 8.]

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